Yeah heading out on the coffin ships…must have been a terrible choice…stay in Ireland and die or chance your arm of surviving the coffin ships…one way ticket too. Very few if any ever saw Ireland again.

Look i acknowledge they were different times and the British gave the world a lot in terms of advancement and were indeed invaded themselves a few times but the genocide in many countries including this one are a huge black mark on their legacy.

Look i acknowledge they were different times and the British gave the world a lot in terms of advancement and were indeed invaded themselves a few times but the genocide in many countries including this one are a huge black mark on their legacy.

Lots of Irish murdering has gone on too over the centuries. Who’s to say what the Irish would have done if they had the power. Historically power has usually been tied up in exploitation the world over.

Indeed, but i think the truth is beginning to be told and listened to.A recent episode of Victoria was entirely devoted to the famine.It is a popular show and there was a huge responce on twitter with people admitting their ignorance and being shocked by this piece of local history.

I worked in an ever so posh grammar school in England in the early 90’s.
The student’s history books didn’t cover the famine in any great detail. What detail was included more or less said it was all our own fault.
But as you said, maybe it has changed in recent times.

Off topic here but In 1841 Mayo had a population of 388,000. It has never recovered. The county suffered a greater loss than any other but all counties did suffer.

I actually consider the famine to be genocide by the British. How ithe empires nearest neighbour could suffer so much is baffling.

What’s even more baffling is that Ireland was considered by London as to be part of one and the same country (not just the empire).

Simon Reeve is a good, travelling broadcaster on the BBC. He has done series of shows travelling different parts of the world. He did a two part show on Ireland and offered his own view that the British Empire’s rule was at its most brutal in its closest neighbour.

History is written to suit, things change very quick in a short time, britain nowadays would be more willing to talk about their wrong doings as now it is more favorable for them to do so, 30 years ago it was a different story, who would have said that a former US president would give a speech at Martin Mcguinness’s funeral 30 years ago.